Girl, 14, told ‘go back to Ukraine’ by 3 yobs in brutal attack after school trip
In an attack thought to be linked to the anti-migrant rhetoric of Reform, the child was left 'badly scratched' and 'afraid to return to school'.
A 14-year-old girl was attacked and told to “go back to Ukraine” by three yobs after a school trip, leaving her face “badly stratched” and “afraid to return to school”.
Polina Rudakov was targeted by a group of older girls in Caerphilly and physically attacked when she was walking home from a day out in Cardiff to see Mary Poppins, reported Nation Cymru.
The girl’s mum, Inessa Martynova, took to Facebook to appeal for witnesses of the incident near the castle at the beginning of Crescent Road after coming down from Ludlow Street at 18:15 on December 18.
She said that she has reported it to the police and would appreciate footage from doorbell cameras and CCTV.
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She wrote: “My daughter was walking home after returning from a St. Martin's School school trip to Cardiff when she was attacked by three girls who had been on the same trip. She does not know them – they were older, physically bigger and much stronger than her.
“Before the attack, the girls were following her, shouting her name, calling her degrading names, and telling her to ‘go back to Ukraine.’ They repeatedly insulted her for being an immigrant. My daughter did not respond and tried to walk away calmly. Despite this, the girls physically assaulted her.
“I am urgently trying to find the kind woman who witnessed the assault and helped my daughter. She saw the attack, called me, and told me that my daughter Polina had been assaulted and that I needed to come and collect her. She then took her to Winter Wonderland, but had to leave quickly and left my daughter with the staff.
“My daughter is now safe at home, but she is still in shock, her face is badly scratched, and she is afraid to return to school. No child should ever experience violence, racism, or fear in their own neighbourhood.”
The attack has been linked locally to the anti-migrant rhetoric of Reform. During the by-election campaign in October, Reform UK criticised the Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary programme, 91% of which was spent on resettling Ukrainian refugees in Wales.
